Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Olive Skipper

Anostirus castaneus compared with Pyrgus serratulae

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Olive Skipper is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Olive Skipper
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Elateridae	Hesperiidae
Genus	Anostirus	Pyrgus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Pyrgus serratulae

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Olive Skipper share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Olive Skipper

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Olive Skipper
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.

Olive Skipper

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (34 countries).

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

The Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle (Anostirus castaneus) is a species in the genus Anostirus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇨🇭 Switzerland